Danny8;523090 Wrote: > > Con. Whatever format you choose, re-ripping is a major hassle. I > used CDex to rip and I had a few problems here and therenot the fault > of CDex. I tried EAC and it seemed like too much hassle. So, I ditto > comments about choosing a ripping program that is convenient to use. +1 on that! I started ripping to 320kbps mp3 with CDex years ago. Then I re-did my rips as apple losssless in iTunes. Then I re-did them as apple lossless in dBpoweramp. *Now* they're done, and I won't do them again. I know they're secure error-free gapless rips, that sound the same as the CD. If I want them in another format for whatever reason I convert them, keeping the original. I have a copy of the bits of my library I want on the move as 160kbps mp3 which means they're tiny and good enough quality for headphone/car (to my ears, anyway).
Danny8;523090 Wrote: > > Con. Not only is re-ripping a hassle, but re-tagging is a MAJOR > hassle. I did a lot of experimentation and testing to ensure I could > export my tags to a CSV file and reimport them to a newly ripped file. > Still a hassle. I've embarked on a tagging project for classical music > that is overly-ambitious/ overly time-consuming. I'm questioning the > wisdom of my effort. A vote for dBpoweramp here: once you've played with it, getting consistently good tags from it makes things easier! Don't listen to classical myself, but new releases improve classical tagging, I believe. And keep lots of backups, of course... Danny8;523090 Wrote: > > I can't speak to transcoding (on-the-fly or otherwise) from > experience, but it just doesn't seem like a good idea. Makes your computer work a little harder, but not so you'd notice. Formats needing to be transcoded, like WMA Lossless and Apple Lossless, can't rewind/fast-forward but apart from that transcoding's no biggie on a modern(ish) machine. Danny8;523090 Wrote: > > WMA, AAC. I'm always suspicious about proprietary stuff that is > pushed at me. Of course, that didn't prevent me from selecting MP3 > finally. AAC isn't a proprietary format; Apple use it but it's not an Itunes only thing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding -- moley6knipe WinXP Pro SP3 > dBpoweramp Reference 13.3 > SqueezeCenter 7.4.2 > Squeezebox 3 > ears ------------------------------------------------------------------------ moley6knipe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10014 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75046
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